Word: baath
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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Thereafter Hourani allied himself with whoever was in power, astutely broke with them just in time. On the side, he worked at building up his own new Socialist-Baath Party. Three years ago Hourani helped put the skids under then President-Dictator Adid Shishekly, saw his Baathists win 16 seats in Parliament and became fast friends with Moscow-trained Khaled Bakdash, self-styled secretary-general of the Communist Party and the first admitted Communist ever elected to an Arab Parliament (in most Arab countries the Communist Party is outlawed). Hourani and Bakdash speedily recruited Syrian Intelligence Chief Colonel Abdel Hamid...